needs to deleted; this is not one character but rather several different characters.

The Uni-Power (an extension of the Enigma Force, but they’re basically the same thing, and it’s sometimes called the “Uni-Force”) is what powers each Captain Universe and is almost always seen as a flash of energy (or whatever) whenever a new character becomes Captain Universe (and sometimes it talks!). Our Uni-Power listing is incomplete, but a lot of those missing appearances were given to the above Captain Universe listing, so let’s add those in:

One that is missing between Elijah Jackson and Roland Taylor from the promo book X-Men and Captain Universe: Sleeping Giants #1 (December, 1994). You could send info in and the book had you as Captain Universe fighting alongside the X-Men. The handbook entry "Though accounts vary, perhaps due to reality distortion, a University of Tennessee veterinary student became Captain Universe to aid the X-Men against the mutant Roger Fieldston, who was using his power to mutate others." The Captain Universe referred to in the handbook entry was writer Jeff Christiansen though unnamed. It's canon though and should simply be Captain Universe XVII/

Leoparis wrote:Allow me to disagree. This is wrong. There aren't 30 Captain Universes, only one inhabiting different people. So it was accurate before.

I think you're missing the distinction between the Uni-Power and the identity of "Captain Universe."

There aren't 30 Uni-Powers. There's only one, inhabiting different people. But each of those people, prompted by the Uni-Power, briefly takes on the codename "Captain Universe."

One listing for the Uni-Power. One listing for each person who takes on the codename.

-Jeph!

Still not convinced. To start with, the Uni-power isn't an identity so there is no reason to list it, no more than I would list the cosmic awareness of Captain Mar-Vell and later Quasar.
In the case of multiple identities we have different entities assuming the same codename: Hank Pym, Scott Lang, Eric O'Grady
In the case of Captain universe we have an identity (known as Captain Universe) assuming different hosts.

So the mistakes are wrong analogy (Captain Universe isn't a costumed codename but an actual entity), wrong identification (this entity is Captain Universe not Uni Power)

This is not unlike Venom and we don't list each single person which bonded with the symbiote. We have one listing for Venom i.e. the symbiote.

I concur with Jeph and Col. Fury - there's one Uni-Power, which is sentient so needs its own listing. If the Uni-Power was taking over the hosts' bodies and controlling them, then there might be a case for saying it was a single Captain Universe, a.k.a. the Uni-Power, but since the hosts retain their free will and own personalities, each Captain Universe is a separate individual. The Uni-Power empowers Captain Universe, but is not, itself, Captain Universe. The situation is similar to the various Squadron Sinister Doctor Spectrums who got their powers via Krimonn, the Skrull who had been transformed into their power crystal. They all get listed individually.

I'm slightly torn. Not on the Uni-Power bit - I was the one who argued for it to be listed as such originally, and see attached Leoparis - but on the "listing EVERYONE who's ever bonded with it as Captain Universe" part AS Captain Universe, particularly after the Captain Universe/(team-up) series of one-shots where it "broke" and started talking rather than just wordlessly downloading what the marks needed to know.

Straight off, the Phalanx Scientist you have down as "CAPTAIN UNIVERSE XXVII" never used the name, for instance. Neither did the Hulk in Captain Universe/Hulk.

But they're both empowered by the Uni-Force and are wearing the Captain Universe colors; they don't need to call themselves Captain Universe.

Some of the Ghost Riders didn't call themselves "Ghost Rider," and yet they're bonded to a Spirit of Vengeance and they're walking around as a flaming skeleton. They might have called themselves "Hellbilly" or "Undead G-Man" but they're still Ghost Riders.

Col_Fury wrote:But they're both empowered by the Uni-Force and are wearing the Captain Universe colors; they don't need to call themselves Captain Universe.

I disagree. If someone doesn't use a codename, we shouldn't list them under it. (And going back to that mini, several of the superheroes involved barely even got the costume - Hulk was just Blue Hulk!)

Col_Fury wrote:Some of the Ghost Riders didn't call themselves "Ghost Rider," and yet they're bonded to a Spirit of Vengeance and they're walking around as a flaming skeleton. They might have called themselves "Hellbilly" or "Undead G-Man" but they're still Ghost Riders.

Did I mention I *ALSO* disagree with calling every flame-headed Spirit of Vengeance "Ghost Rider" regardless of whether they used the name? Even if they're ghost riders, they're only Ghost Rider if they call themselves that.